Joint Research on Economic Relations between CANADA and JAPAN from the viewpoint of Pacific Rim Economic Development

在国际合作研究计划的第二年，我们访问了加拿大，并在第一年研究的基础上，与加拿大成员一起对当地的日本企业进行了调查。1994年7月26日至8月12日，我们访问了加拿大东部地区、阿尔伯塔省和不列颠哥伦比亚省。我们拜访了位于多伦多的加拿大工业部、加拿大联邦政府，调查了他们对日加经济问题的理解、北美自由贸易协定与环太平洋经济区的关系以及日本公司的邀请政策。我们不仅收集了在日本很难获得的统计资料，还会见了国际经济部门的官员。日本与加拿大的经济关系根据各自的意愿进入了转折点。首先，日本与加拿大的贸易关系是一种互补关系，即日本制造业产品的出口和材料的进口。 关于我们 从日本的角度来看，加拿大的土地和能源。但加拿大政府目前公布了旨在扩大七大工业产品对日出口和转移出口结构的“对日行动计划”，并取得了成功。第二，日本对美国的直接投资从西部的资源、能源领域向东部的生产、金融、服务领域转移。1993年，日本直接投资项目为71个，金额达56.2亿美元。第三，近年来国际经济形势的变化对日加经济关系的影响。自1989年北美自由贸易协定生效以来，日本对加拿大直接投资的重要性下降，但资源和能源行业除外。这种趋势已经持续了很长时间。另一方面，日本只是亚洲经济迅速增长的中心之一，但根据加拿大政府的《2000年太平洋新战略》报告，其相对重要性有所下降。日本与加拿大的贸易关系是：日本对加拿大的进口和出口均居第二位，仅次于美国，日本对加拿大的进口居第九位，对加拿大的出口居第十三位（1993年入境统计）。今后两国的经济关系将发生变化，对彼此的重要性也将增加。北美自由贸易协定后，日本制造企业重新审视了自己在北美市场的地位和作用。我们在加拿大的调查细节总结在以下文章中。少

In the second year of our international joint research plan, we visited Canada, and carried out investigation about Japanese companies there with Canadian members based on the first year studies.We traveled in the eastern part of Canada, Alberta and British Columbia from 26 July to 12 August 1994. We called at Industry Canada, Canadian Federal Government, in Toronto and investigated their understandings of Japan-Canada economic problems, relationship between North America Free Trade Agreement and Rim-Paciffic Economy Zone, and invitation policies of Japan companies. And we did not only collect statistic materials which were hardly obtained in Japan, also met officials who belong to division of International Economy. According to their own recognitions, Japan-Canada economic relationship enters into turning point. In the first place, the trade relation between Japan and Canada has been mutual supplement relation, that is, export of manufacturing products from Japan and import of materia … More ls and energy from Canada, from Japanese point of view. But Canadian Government currently announced "Thd action plan to Japan" aiming at export expansion of seven major industry products to Japan and shift of export composition, and have had successful results. Secondly, direct investment from Japan have been shifting from resources and energy in the west states to production, finance, service business in the eastern states. In 1993 the number of direct investment from Japan is 71 projects and amounted to US$5.62 billion. In the third place, a change of recent international economy gives influence to the Japan-Canada economic relation. North America Free Trade Agreement that came into effect in 1989, has decreased importance of direct investments from Japan to Canada, except resources and energy industries. This tendency has been lasting for a long term. On the other hand, Japan is just one of centers in Asian economy growing up rapidly, but the relative importance has depreciated according to Canada Government report "The new strategy of Pacific, 2000". Trade relation of Japan-Canada is that both of the import to and export from Japan are tha second place, after US,for Canada, and the import to Canada is ninth place and export to Canada for Japan is the thirteenth place (The entry statistics, 1993). Economy relation between both countries will change and increase the importance for each other in the future.We visited some Japanese campanies in Canada. After North America Free Trade Agreement, Japanese manufacturing companies re-examined their position and role in North American market. The details of our investigation in Canada are summarized in following articles. Less